Virrat
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Virrat (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a town and municipality of Finland. Part of the Pirkanmaa region, it is located Script error: No such module "convert". north of Tampere and Script error: No such module "convert". west of Jyväskylä. Virrat is Script error: No such module "convert". from Helsinki. The town has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of which Script error: No such module "convert". is water.[2] The population density is Script error: No such module "convert".. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town grew rapidly in the mid-20th century, and by 1950 the population reached more than 12,000. Virrat acquired town status in 1977, although it had received the right to hold markets three years earlier, in 1974. More recently the population level has been adversely impacted by the drift of employment opportunities and people to the larger towns. Apart from the town of Virrat itself, the administratively defined municipality is largely rural, and includes the villages of Äijänneva, Härkönen Jäähdyspohja, Killinkoski, Koro, Kotala, Kurjenkylä, Liedenpohja, Ohtola, Vaskuu, and Vaskivesi.
Major lakes in the area are Lake Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, and Lake Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat, Mänttä-Vilppula, and Ruovesi.
Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.
Climate
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Notable people
- Seppo Hovinen (born 1951), a Finnish javelin thrower
- I. K. Inha (1865–1930), a Finnish photographer, author, translator, and journalist
- Antti Lieroinen (died 1643), a famous Finnish cunning man and death-sentenced for witchcraft
- Vesa Rantanen (born 1975), a Finnish pole vaulter
- Tom Sukanen (1873–1943), a Finnish-born Canadian sailor and farmer
Gallery
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Virrat Town Hall
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Virrat Church
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Virrat Library
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A beach at the Kalettomanlahti Bay in Virrat
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See also
References
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External links
- Town of Virrat – Official site Template:In lang
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